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Affiliate Products: keepng up with the Product cycle
You may not realize it, but this time of year (Spring time) is
prime earning season. It’s time to make some money to pay for
your upcoming summer holidays. So just what are you doing to
boost your business, and to stay up to date with what is going
on?
As an affiliate marketer, you need to be up to speed with the
right products. The right products means having the most current
ones. There is such a high turnover in products, that staying up
to date has become a challenge. New products are being released
at breakneck speed, every week sees a new high-powered program.
And they get more and more expensive. Most of the new releases
are not just ebooks, but rather massive collections on CD or
DVD, or are specialty products or programs. New membership sites
proliferate, and they cost anywhere from $29 to $100 per month.
Incredible.
The hot products being released cost from $200 to $1,000. The
promotions are so well orchestrated, and executed by the
powerhouse affiliates, that the products are gobbled up like
crazy. Of course, the products have great value and one can
learn a ton from them. But the prices really are reaching
heights never before seen.
Our biggest challenge is to get in as an affiliate in time to
promote them before the big guns gobble up all the sales. Well,
you just can’t. Unfortunately, if your list is not big enough,
you just don’t get an invitation to JV with the owners of these
new products. It is very frustrating. Makes you feel left out.
For now.. but in time, your turn will come.
Do I have an easy solution for you? Regretably, I do not. But
you should realize that the next step you must take, is to
continue to grow your mailing list, and as quickly as possible.
These things are never that fast, and it takes time to build
trust and rapport with your readers. But be patient, persevere,
and it will all come in due time.
Meanwhile, you need affiliate products to offer your people, so
you should accept the better ones available, products that are
not the over-priced high flyers, and that you can easily sign up
for as an affiliate. Here is an example:
Please go to Best Affiliate Products at my Best
Products tab. At the top you see a brand new section called the
Newbies Corner. Here you will find 2 brand new products on CD
specially targetted to newcomers who want to set up an online
business.
They both have affiliate programs, and you could promote these
products successfully. That are both reasonably priced, and
thats good for both your customers, and you as an affiliate.
Your clients don’t feel they are being taken advantage of, and
you still can make a fair commission on each sale.
I own ezWeb Business Builder, and find it well worth the price,
it really has terrific value. Not only do you get advice on what
to do, but you are also prompted to actually perform the task.
So it’s a real hands-on experience, and a unique concept. Kudos
to Jim Daniels.
The authors were smart enough to price them both reasonably,
because they realize newbies shouldn’t have to pay too much to
get started online. So sales are brisk, and you could do well
reselling these products. Furthermore, these products have the
potential to endure for many months, or more. Some new products
get promoted so hard, the market is saturated in no time.
I find it to be a great advantage when you own what you resell.
Of course you can’t buy them all, so you must choose carefully,
and fight the urge to overspend by buying everything that is
released.
To round out your affiliate portfolio, you also need to offer
products that are business basics, that business owners need to
operate their business. Web hosting services are a perfect
example, and you can see that I offer SBI on my Best Products
page. The beauty of this type of income is that it’s recurring.
You get your repeat commission every time a subcription is
renewed.
One more example I should give you, as to what you can sell. You
need the medium priced products from a winner like Corey Rudl. I
purchased his Insider Secrets course for $197. It sounds like a
lot, but the value is really there. And the 2005 Uprade version
was released in April.
They sent me 2 huge binders with all the lessons, plus 2 CDs,
plus other bonuses. One reason I bought it, is the advantage of
owning the product gives you the ability to write about it
intellegently. Giving your readers a full review is always a
good idea.
Another advantage in offering these medium priced products from
‘brand names’ like Corey Rudl or Jim Edwards, is that they are
well established winners. They pay a very good commission, and
the dollars add up fast. Just one sale of the Insider Secrets
course can make you $65 or more.
One final tactic for your affilate efforts, is to make a deal
with the product owner, and offer a discount for a limited time
or a limited quantity. You sometimes can have exclusive rights
to the special discount.
Again, an example… At my Best Products tab, at: Best Affiliate Products you can frequently see
super product promotions.
So, enough for now. You have my thoughts as to what type of
products to sell as an affiliate. Keep up the good work.
Fred Farah copyright 2005
